Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Couple of weeks ago, I had an honor to meet in person three Swedish beaders whom I respect a lot: Misan, Asanda and Karton (who does not have her own homepage yet, but some examples of her work can be seen here, here and here). It was an amazing day spent chatting, laughing, sharing ideas and beading. Misan, Karton and myself did some talking awaiting for Asanda to arrive, and one of the things that came up during our conversation was: how do we find our inspiration, especially when working with large stone cabochons. All three of us said almost in one voice - the stone tells us how it would like to have it. It is amazing, we seem to listen to the wishes of the stone about the bezel design!

One of the results of our creative meeting with the ladies was trying out new media for bead embroidery. My Blooming mosses is a direct follow-up of that.

This green turquoise cabochon wanted to have bronze-colored beads around it. I did not mind.

So, do stones, and other beads talk to you as well? I know that they do talk to Swanee and I love that conversation! :)

You have created a beautiful necklace! I adore bronze beads and couldn't live without them. The green (one of my favorite colors) cabochon goes perfectly with the bronze. Maybe my beads are speaking to me in Swedish! :) I really love your jewelry Olga ... you are an excellent weaver of beads!